Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Industrial Investment and Financial Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Arabian Amiantit Co. (SE:2160), which rose 6.32% or 0.40 points to trade at 6.73 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia Refineries Co. (SE:2030) added 4.24% or 1.65 points to end at 40.60 and Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061) was up 3.82% or 0.34 points to 9.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Al Yamamah Steel Industries Co (SE:1304), which fell 3.44% or 0.64 points to trade at 17.98 at the close. Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213) declined 2.31% or 0.26 points to end at 10.98 and Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SE:2250) was down 2.25% or 0.54 points to 23.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 108 to 68 and 17 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.20% or 0.66 to $55.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.02% or 0.60 to hit $59.24 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.77% or 11.75 to trade at $1511.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.09% to 4.1642, while USD/SAR fell 0.00% to 3.7505.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 98.060.